I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.

  • -- Steven Pinker 史蒂文·平克

我认为这种困惑使知识分子和艺术家们自己相信,精英艺术和人文是人类努力的一种更高、更崇高的形式。

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There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.

在西方,有时会有一种特殊的困惑,把进步等同于最近的或新的东西,现在是时候让我们明白,进步与思想的年代无关。

One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women.

有一种观点认为,经济衰退对女性艺术家来说是好事,因为当钱从窗户飞出去时,女性就被允许呆在家里。另一种观点认为,当金钱减少时,女性的前景也会随之下降。

For those who confuse you, recognize that their confusion is theirs and your clarity is yours.

对于那些迷惑你的人,要认识到他们的困惑是他们的,你的清晰是你的。

Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.

许多不同类型的艺术家开始使用简单的形式来达到他们自己的目的。